Is this breakdown of DC-area teams/clubs still accurate?

[Anonymous]

https://rantingsoccerdad.com/guide-to-youth-soccer/youth-soccer-area-guide-the-dmv-washington-d-c-plus-suburbs-and-exurbs/

Newby here. What other information would you add or delete to this list (If anything)? Particularly interested in the different leagues in this area. How do you know what the level of play, is since there are so many options? We are looking at moving to NOVA (around Herndon, Reston, Sterling, or Chantilly) with high school-aged soccer players (current travel players in Midwest). TIA

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://rantingsoccerdad.com/guide-to-youth-soccer/youth-soccer-area-guide-the-dmv-washington-d-c-plus-suburbs-and-exurbs/

Newby here. What other information would you add or delete to this list (If anything)? Particularly interested in the different leagues in this area. How do you know what the level of play, is since there are so many options? We are looking at moving to NOVA (around Herndon, Reston, Sterling, or Chantilly) with high school-aged soccer players (current travel players in Midwest). TIA

male or female?

closest reasonable clubs:

Herndon, Great Falls Reston, and SYA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://rantingsoccerdad.com/guide-to-youth-soccer/youth-soccer-area-guide-the-dmv-washington-d-c-plus-suburbs-and-exurbs/

Newby here. What other information would you add or delete to this list (If anything)? Particularly interested in the different leagues in this area. How do you know what the level of play, is since there are so many options? We are looking at moving to NOVA (around Herndon, Reston, Sterling, or Chantilly) with high school-aged soccer players (current travel players in Midwest). TIA

male or female?

closest reasonable clubs:

Herndon, Great Falls Reston, and SYA.

Oops, sorry - female players

[Anonymous]

Herndon has a strong girls program. FCV (DA) and Loundoun (ECNL) are reasonably close. MclLean (ECNL) and MU (DA) are also close.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Herndon has a strong girls program. FCV (DA) and Loundoun (ECNL) are reasonably close. MclLean (ECNL) and MU (DA) are also close.

Metro United is very player-centric and relatively free of parent drama.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Herndon has a strong girls program. FCV (DA) and Loundoun (ECNL) are reasonably close. MclLean (ECNL) and MU (DA) are also close.

Metro United is very player-centric and relatively free of parent drama.

OP here. Where are they located? You had me at non-drama!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Herndon has a strong girls program. FCV (DA) and Loundoun (ECNL) are reasonably close. MclLean (ECNL) and MU (DA) are also close.

Metro United is very player-centric and relatively free of parent drama.

OP here. Where are they located? You had me at non-drama!

DD plays at MU. Some practices have been in Reston but increasingly they are in Tysons. I think the "low drama" label depends on your age group and your player.

[Anonymous]

FPYCparent wrote:Some parent with too much free time tried to put together a relational "info map," using the aforementioned RantingSoccerDad post as a start. The overall strength of area leagues will vary by age group, once DA and ECNL are taking out of consideration. The combination of YouthSoccerRankings.us and GotSoccer.com data might offer decent picture of a team's overall performance (again, for a specific age group), but even those "metrics" can be skewed.

Very impressive (and yet overwhelming).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Herndon has a strong girls program. FCV (DA) and Loundoun (ECNL) are reasonably close. MclLean (ECNL) and MU (DA) are also close.

Metro United is very player-centric and relatively free of parent drama.

You may want to read through some of the MU threads before heading over there...

Hardly drama free.

[Anonymous]

Map is old. It doesn't list FCV at all that I could find, Metro United, VDA, etc.

[Anonymous]

I haven't updated it in a while. I might get back to it this spring.

It's not meant to be a ranking, in any case, and there's only so much you can tell unless you're inside a club. If your child is a legitimate college prospect (apparently like every parent on this board), then check to see how many players that club sends to college. Otherwise, just look for the best fit and don't make a 30-minute drive to practice when a 10-minute drive would suffice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Herndon has a strong girls program. FCV (DA) and Loundoun (ECNL) are reasonably close. MclLean (ECNL) and MU (DA) are also close.

Metro United is very player-centric and relatively free of parent drama.

Laughing

[Anonymous]

how old is your daughter and what competition level are you looking for? will have a huge impact on what you would select.

[Anonymous]

RantingSoccerDad wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I haven't updated it in a while. I might get back to it this spring.

It's not meant to be a ranking, in any case, and there's only so much you can tell unless you're inside a club. If your child is a legitimate college prospect (apparently like every parent on this board), then check to see how many players that club sends to college. Otherwise, just look for the best fit and don't make a 30-minute drive to practice when a 10-minute drive would suffice.

Oops -- I wasn't logged in. This was me.

That would be great! There are SO many soccer leagues around this area and your blog is by far the most useful break-down of clubs and leagues.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Herndon has a strong girls program. FCV (DA) and Loundoun (ECNL) are reasonably close. MclLean (ECNL) and MU (DA) are also close.

Metro United is very player-centric and relatively free of parent drama.

You may want to read through some of the MU threads before heading over there...

Hardly drama free.

Most of the drama is surrounding the 05 team. The rest of the club is in better shape. The 06 team faces a lot of public drama, but as a team, the parents and players get along. And they all understand that next year, that team will be reorganized into age appropriate teams. The older teams are all pretty drama free. The 03 team is a decent team. The 04s had to recover from two years of crazy big rosters, but have gotten their momentum back. The 02/01 group is an odd situation talent wise, because it went from being one of the best in the area in terms of talent to losing most of that. However, the parents are good people and the girls get along.

So yeah, as a club, it's pretty drama free.